just started killing act 2 boss on my remake, down to half hp and all of a sudden my guy wont stop attacking him and I die. When I tried to use my portal to get back in I get kicked from the server because "Instance does not belong to the owner."

WTF???????????????????????

Now I have to clear all 15 or so of those ****ing stair levels just to get back.

My guy is panning out alright, I still need more survivability and in the middle of Act 2, cruel.

2h mace, I use ground slam and heavy strike mostly. I need better gear with linked sockets. I have ground slam linked to added fire damage and thats pretty awesome and heavy strike linked to +melee damage. It's pretty clear that this game is all about them linked sockets, it's pretty awesome.

My guy is panning out alright, I still need more survivability and in the middle of Act 2, cruel.

2h mace, I use ground slam and heavy strike mostly. I need better gear with linked sockets. I have ground slam linked to added fire damage and thats pretty awesome and heavy strike linked to +melee damage. It's pretty clear that this game is all about them linked sockets, it's pretty awesome.

You can make a character really good by making/upgrading a quality full set of equipment.

ya, I just refuse to spend any of my orbs until I feel like I absolutely need to. Like if I'm dying or too much. I'm sure some of these harder to find orbs will be more common in the next level, but I don't like wasting shit.

Haven't had a chance to play much lately, lvl 31 and kind of stuck on the act 3 chick that throws lightning balls...Can't do enough damage fast enough to kill her.

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ya, I just refuse to spend any of my orbs until I feel like I absolutely need to. Like if I'm dying or too much. I'm sure some of these harder to find orbs will be more common in the next level, but I don't like wasting shit.

Haven't had a chance to play much lately, lvl 31 and kind of stuck on the act 3 chick that throws lightning balls...Can't do enough damage fast enough to kill her.

All about dat lightning resist. The items are around I'm sure. Just grind till you get some? Or reset skill points to elemental resist. I'm going to invest pretty heavily in those for all my characters. I don't like getting raped before I get a chance to swing my weapon on an enemy.

All about dat lightning resist. The items are around I'm sure. Just grind till you get some? Or reset skill points to elemental resist. I'm going to invest pretty heavily in those for all my characters. I don't like getting raped before I get a chance to swing my weapon on an enemy.

Ya i'm just leveling up but at lvl 32 in a lvl 28 area it's slow going. May need to open the game up to help to keep going.

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"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father ... And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

"If the people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson

My guy is panning out alright, I still need more survivability and in the middle of Act 2, cruel.

2h mace, I use ground slam and heavy strike mostly. I need better gear with linked sockets. I have ground slam linked to added fire damage and thats pretty awesome and heavy strike linked to +melee damage. It's pretty clear that this game is all about them linked sockets, it's pretty awesome.

Despite that skill tree, do players, in practice, end up with very similar builds? I mean, are there agreed upon "best" builds that most people choose, or have they done a good job of balancing?

builds are pretty diverse. there are strategies to keep in mind but a player can do whatever they want regardless of where (determined by class) they start. the one thing that most builds have in common is that they focus on defensive/life/resist skills and supplement that with a few offensive points. Dabbling in multiple offensive areas doesn't work well. players need to decide on a path and commit to it to be effective.

the builds can be altered later with re-spec points. So if you make a minor mistake you can subtract points that have been allocated to nodes and put them elsewhere.

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Despite that skill tree, do players, in practice, end up with very similar builds? I mean, are there agreed upon "best" builds that most people choose, or have they done a good job of balancing?

there are definitely best skills for each class. Right now I'm pretty sure all Marauders are going for the same things for the most part. I watched some builds of the week on youtube and there are some cool things you can do that I never would have thought of. It's still early as most players are in mid game probably.

It all depends on the dungeon shards you acquire in end game. If you are fire based, lightning based, etc and there is a boss with 50% fire, lightning, etc resist you just can't go. Unless you have more than 2 people in your group. I feel like all endgame shards will have some kind of elemental debuff. Might as well spend points in as many resist talents as you can. That's what I'm doing.